HTML | preload Attribute

Last Updated : 30 Sep, 2019

The HTML preload Attribute is used to specify the way the author thinks the media should be loaded when the page loads.
The preload attribute allows the author to portray to the browser about the way the user experience of a website should be implemented.

Supported tags:

Example of Video preload:

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
  
<head>  
    <title>  
        HTML Video Preload Attribute  
    </title>  
</head>  
  
<body style="text-align:center">  
  
    <h1 style="color:green">  
    GeeksforGeeks  
</h1>  
    <h2 style="font-family: Impact">  
HTML Video Preload Attribute  
</h2>  
    <br>  
  
    <video id="Test_Video"
        width="360"
        height="240"
        controls  
        preload="none">  
        <source src="samplevideo.mp4"
                type="video/mp4">  
    </video>  
  
</body>  
  
</html>  

Output:

Example of audio preload:

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
  
<head>  
    <title>  
        HTML Audio preload Attribute  
    </title>  
</head>  
  
<body style="text-align: center">  
  
    <h1 style="color: green">  
    GeeksforGeeks  
</h1>  
    <h2 style="font-family: Impact">  
HTML Audio preload Attribute  
</h2>  
    <br>  
  
    <audio id="Test_Audio" controls  
        preload="none">  
          
        <source src="sample1.mp3"
                type="audio/mpeg">  
    </audio>  
</body>  
  
</html>  